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From: Holger Baer <holger.baer@science-computing.de>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Re: How to uninstall Oracle8 (Server)
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:19:29 +0200
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User wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> Thanks you all for the replies.
> 
>>> 4. Remove Oracle directory under "Program Files"
> 
> I don't have any Oracle directory under "Program Files".
> 
>>> If you do not know how to do any of these steps 
> 
> I can do that :-)
> 
>> Also, I have found that, before deleting the %ORACLE_HOME% directory, I
>> must stop the Microsoft Transaction Coordinator service.  It's holding
>> a lock on one of the files in %ORACLE_HOME$\bin (I forget which file)
>> and prevents it from being deleted.
> 
> 
> Yes, I've noticed that quite a lot of files in e:\orant (in my case) are 
> prevented
> from being deleted.
> But I don't know how to stop the MS Transaction Coordinator service.
> It's not on the list of services on XP (I'll be able to check it on NT 
> tomorrow)
> 
> Regards
> User

You could (if the environment allows) restart the server, after you've shutdown
and either removed Oracle Services or disabled them. The file locks will then be gone.

HTH
Holger